Three recycled cards :D

I am almost at the point of packing up all my craft stuff, so I am trying finish up all my crafty projects!!  It seems like I keep thinking up things that I should create, so my list is getting longer and longer!!!  We have a lot of summer birthdays in our family so I am pre-making all of the birthday cards for them.  I have even been getting some requests for what people would like!!!  LOL

My mind has been racing lately trying to organize everything and get ready for our move so for the last couple of cards that I created I have just recycled some ideas of older cards that I have already created. This just helps the creating processes along. There is very little to decide on so all I have to do is  create!!! Lol

The first card is very simple, it is an A2  sized card and the sentiment has been stamped from a Recollections stamp from their Fun Borders stamp set. I just used a water pen and some distress ink to paint in the bumblebee.

The flowers are from Flower Shoppe Cricut cartridge and I inked around the edges to give them some depth. To finish it off I put a flat backed pearl in the centers of the flowers.



The second card is a pretty card for a good friends wedding. I used the layout of my mom’s get well soon card. I just loved how that card turned so I thought that it would be perfect for the happy couple!!

This card is a 4x4 square card.  The circle scallop is cut from the Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge, and the champagne glasses are from the Stretch Your Imagination cartridge. The flowers are from a Martha Stewart punch and the sentiment is from an  Impression Obsession stamp set.

 Finally the third card is a birthday card for my niece who is turning 8! She has been very excited about her birthday this year and has been counting down the days for about a month. Her birthday is not until the end of July so she still has a while still to go!  I created this card for my cousin’s daughter back in March and I shared it on my YouTube channel. I just loved how it turned out so I thought that I would make it again.

The cute little cupcake is from the Simply Charmed Cricut cartridge. I used the Happy Birthday Cuttebug embossing to create the background.  The sentiment is from the My Pink Stamper’s Birthday Crazy stamp set. A little twine a button, some glitter on the flames and the cheecks of the cupcake helped finish off this card!!!

I decided to recycle these card ideas because the recipients of my cards did not see the cards the last time around. So unless they see their version of them here or on my YouTube channel it will be a surprise for them!! J

For all the Canadians have a Happy Canada Day

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for the Americans have a Happy Fourth of July!!! 

Thanks for stopping by,

Cheryl

Thank You Cards and Treat Bags

Things have been a little crazy around my house lately!!! We are packing up and getting ready to move, which means a lot of organizing and donating!!! :)
This week is the last week of school for my boy’s, so I wanted to create something fun for them to take in to their teachers :)
I made a video for my YouTube channel so I thought that I would also share that here with you too…

Here are some pictures of them:

Thanks for stopping by,

Cheryl

A Happy Birthday Card and Treat

Over the weekend a good friend celebrated her birthday. We went over on Saturday night to have some cake and spend some time with her and this is what I made for her :)

The card is from the Something to Celebrate Cricut cartridge, and is cut using the card feature. This card came together very easily and quickly too…lol.  I ran the cake layer through my Cuttlebug using the Swiss Dots embossing folder and then added yellow glitter glue to the flames on the candle for some extra sparkle :) The sentiment inside the card is from the Birthday Crazy stamp set from My Pink Samper.

For her little treat I bought some pink jellybeans. I then wanted to continue the pink theme while making the box for them.  I used the Bags Tags Boxes and More 2 cartridge and cut out a little milk carton.  I used the same pink paper from the card for the edges of the box and embossed it with the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug embossing folder to match the card.
The tag was cut  from the Winter Woodlands Cricut cartridge, and the happy birthday sentiment is from an Impression Obsession stamp set and the monogram is from a Martha Stewart stamp set.  

She and her daughters loved the card and really enjoyed all the jellybeans…lol We all had a wonderful evening  and I’m really happy she like everything J

Thanks for stopping by,

Cheryl

A Get Well Card for my Mom

It has been a while since my last post, we have been very busy and time has just gotten away from me!!

My husband has been promoted within his company which is just wonderful, but that means a move to a new city for us! I am so proud of him and I am beginning to realize all the work that goes into relocating to a new city!

Besides all the moving details that we have going on, my mother has just had knee replacement surgery. I have been trying to go and see her and just spend some time with her while she has been under the weather and recovering. She is now back at home and she is recovering very well :)

I made her a card for while she was in the hospital, my mother always loves “pretty” things so I tried to make her a pretty card … lol!

This card is 41/4 square card and all the paper is from recollections. The scallop circle is cut from the Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge, and the flowers are from a Martha Stewart flower punch.

The flower in the center of the card is a stamp from the Papertrey Ink stamp set Spiral Bouquet. The sentiment is stamped from a Impression Obsession stamp set.

I am feeling very relieved and thankful that my mother sugary went so well :) She is having the other knee replaced over the next couple months so when both are done and she is ok I will feel very happy.

I hope that everyone has had a wonderful weekend

Thanks for stopping by,

Cheryl

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother’s Day to all the special ladies out there! I would like to take a moment to share with you some of the lovely surprises that I received today.  I am a mother to 3 wonderful little boys and I have loving husband, I always feel very blessed to have them in my life but on a day like today I am reminded of just how blessed I am.

This morning I came down stairs to find a gift bag and some cards waiting for me on the kitchen table.  This is what was inside…



My best friend also dropped off a card this afternoon, which was a wonderful surprise and also very touching :)



A quick journal entry about today



A Cool place to keep all my Mother's Day cards :)





 I have been wanting a smash book for some time now and my husband got me one!!! I always thought that this would be a fun way to scrapbook about the fun everyday things that happen.  I also got the date stamp that goes with it  :)  I really love painting my nails so it was nice to receive a new nail polish… it is really really cool!!!

At our church this morning they handed out flowers to all the ladies, so my pretty flower will live on the kitchen table for the next little while. 

We rounded out our Mother’s Day with a brunch with my mom, my sister and her two kids and my cousin his wife and their children. It was really nice being all together. My cousin  lives 4 hours away so I  was really happy he could make it!

Thanks for stopping by,

Cheryl

A Paper Bag Mini

Hello everyone, I hope that you are having a great weekend so far :) I have been working on a paper bag mini for what seems like eternity now but I am happy to say that I am finished, and just in time !!!  

I am so happy because my cousin and his family are in town this weekend so I can give it to her in person, rather than mailing it out.  I can show her all the journaling spots and giver her everything she will need to fill it up.

I created a video for my YouTube channel showing the mini album so I have posted it here for you to see too:

Thanks for stopping by,

Cheryl



Mother's Day Card Kit

Over the past couple of weeks we have been very busy! I have been sick for about 3 weeks and went to the doctor to find out that I had Bronchitis and Sinusitis  L I am beginning to feel better but we have had a lot of activities going on with our kids and also with ourselves!! We have just been on the run for about 2-3 weeks now!

With everything going on I have not had that much time to craft, but when I do I have been making a mini that I am going to give away as a gift.  This mini seems to be taking an eternity to make…lol  I think that is why I have always made more cards, I can finish them pretty quickly!!..lol

The reason for this post is to show you a Mother’s Day card kit that I made for the little Beavers in my group. I am a beaver (Scouts) leader and this week we are getting ready for Mother’s Day.  We have only 5 beavers this year but I know that one will be away tonight so I made four cards that the Beaver’s will put together tonight. We have a pretty full meeting so I made it as easy as possible. When they are done putting it together they can write mom a message on the inside J

The card is an A2 sized card and it has been embossed with the Victoria Cuttlebug embossing folder.  The blue scallop is cut from Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge and the flower is from Flower Shoppe . The stamped sentiment from  a Impression Obsession stamp set Sentiments 1.

I think that it will be a great night tonight !

I hope that you are having a great day today J

Thanks for stopping by,

Cheryl